THE REDBIRD REVIEW John Mozeliak’s first trading deadline as St. Louis baseball boss was back in 2008. Where did the time go? Not counting the pandemic-shortened season of 2020, this will be the Mo’s 16th trade-deadline venture during his term in the head...
BIRD BYTES Which is like Bernie Bits, except it’s all Cardinals Talk. I welcome you to a heap of Bernie’s Bird Bytes, delivered straight to you from the recesses and excesses of my mind. There is plenty of trade-deadline jibber and jabber in written-word form in...
Six days to go … On Thursday, March 28 the Cardinals will open the season with a four-game series at Dodger Stadium. But given the caterwauling by a percentage of media and fans that have anxiety disorders over a tough early schedule, I’m not sure why the Cardinals...
The offseason is winding down for the Cardinals. The St. Louis pitchers and catchers report to spring-training headquarters in Jupiter on Feb. 15. The position players check in on Feb. 20, and the first exhibition game (vs. Washington) is set for Feb. 25. It’s...
I hope you had a pleasant New Year’s Weekend. It’s back to work for me, and I’m good with that because I enjoy what I do for a living. Today I resume my look at individual Cardinal players, how they performed in 2022, and what it may tell us about what to expect in...
Hey, there. Here’s the latest in my series of reports on individual Cardinal players for 2022. I’ve completed the position players and are progressing through the pitching staff, having covered Adam Wainwright, Jack Flaherty, Miles Mikolas and Steven Matz. NEXT UP:...
Greetings. I hope you had the best Christmas holiday weekend. Time for another 2022-season report on a Cardinals pitcher. I’m still assessing the starters. It’s taken a lot of time to compile these babies, but I want to be thorough. And I use these look-backs to 2022...
Is Steve Cohen finished with his diabolical plot to ruin Major League Baseball? Well, maybe … at least for now. But you are advised to wait until next offseason when Cohen purchases presumptive free-agent Shohei Ohtani for a record-shattering price. If Ohtani demands...
For decades, MLB commissioners and franchise owners have been crying poor about the business of baseball. The mewling is endless and dishonest and laughably absurd. But the people who run the sport and control the teams have done an effective job of convincing the...
